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Is a food critic highly paid?

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The average annual salary for a food critic was $88,000 per year as of 2013, according to the job site Indeed.com. Many food critics have bachelor's degrees in English, journalism or communications, but it's not always required.

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Do you have to do more than love food to be a good food critic?

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You have to write well and be interesting and insightful enough to draw the attention and respect of an audience. And you have to know food well, meaning, have a lot of experience with eating various types of food (and many different variants of the same basic dish), know about ingredients and cooking methods, be able to notice subtle differences, be able to tell what is good quality, etc. These skills and knowledge are developed over many years with practice and attention.

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How do I go about sharing my article via Facebook as a freelance writer?

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You can make a page and invite people to like your page. Also you can share in different groups about your article by sending them a link.

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Average salary for a food critic?

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How much you make as a food critic depends on which publications you write for. The average salary is around $50,000.

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What if you make reservations by your real name, but you use a fake name in the newspapers?

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There is long history of pen names being used in newspapers.

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